List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. It is a standard means of measuring well-being. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development.

List

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Latin America as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2022).^[1] Previous HDI values and rankings are retroactively recalculated using the same updated data sets and current methodologies, as presented in Table 2 of the Statistical Annex of the Human Development Report. The HDI rankings and values in the 2021-22 Human Development Report cannot therefore be compared directly to HDI rankings and values published in previous Human Development Reports.^[1]

Rank		Country		Human Development Index (HDI)
Region	World			HDI value		Change in HDI value 2019–22*	Average annual growth (2010–2021)[2]
			2022	2021	2019[3]
Very High Human Development
1	44	Chile	0.860	0.855	0.851	0.009	0.46%
2	48	Argentina	0.849	0.842	0.845	0.004	0.09%
3	52	Uruguay	0.830	0.809	0.817	0.013	0.25%
4	57	Panama	0.820	0.805	0.815	0.005	0.37%
5	64	Costa Rica	0.806	0.809	0.810	0.004	0.43%
High Human Development
6	77	Mexico	0.781	0.758	0.779	0.002	0.15%
7	82	Dominican Republic	0.766	0.767	0.756	0.010	0.73%
8	83	Ecuador	0.765	0.740	0.759	0.006	0.05%
9	85	Cuba	0.764	0.764	0.783	0.019	0.19%
10	87	Peru	0.762	0.762	0.777	0.015	0.45%
11	89	Brazil	0.760	0.754	0.766	0.006	0.38%
12	91	Colombia	0.758	0.752	0.767	0.009	0.32%
13	102	Paraguay	0.731	0.717	0.728	0.003	0.42%
Medium Human Development
14	119	Venezuela	0.699	0.691	0.711	0.012	0.80%
15	120	Bolivia	0.698	0.692	0.718	0.020	0.40%
16	127	El Salvador	0.674	0.675	0.673	0.001	0.22%
17	130	Nicaragua	0.669	0.667	0.660	0.009	0.76%
18	136	Guatemala	0.629	0.627	0.663	0.034	0.33%
19	138	Honduras	0.624	0.621	0.634	0.010	0.36%
Low Human Development
20	158	Haiti	0.552	0.535	0.510	0.042	1.94%
*Change in HDI value rounded to three decimals

See also

• Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by Human Development Index by region
• List of countries by industrial production growth rate
• List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
• List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP growth
• List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP (PPP)
• List of Latin American countries by population

References